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κτῆμα

ktema

anything gotten, piece of property, possession

Appears 66 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

κτῆμα, ατος, τό, (κτάομαι) A. anything gotten, piece of property, possession, sg. once in Hom., μή νύ τι . . δόμων ἐκ κτῆμα φέρηται Od. 15.19; later ταύτας [γυναῖκας] ἐξείλεθʼ αὑτῷ κ. S. Tr. 245; ἡδὺ κ. τῆς νίκης λαβεῖν Id. Ph. 81, cf. OT 549, Ant. 702, E. Or. 230, 703, etc.; κ. ἐς αἰεί Th. 1.22; ὡς ἡδὺ καὶ μακάριον τὸ κ. Pl. R. 496c, etc.; of a slave, παλαιὸν οἴκων κ. E. Med. 49, cf. Pl. Phd. 62d, X. Oec. 1.6, Vect. 4.42; κ. ἔμψυχον Arist. Pol. 1253b32; of a calf, J. AJ 6.14.3; κ. πάντων ἐστὶ τιμιώτατον ἀνὴρ φίλος Hdt. 5.24. 2. freq. in pl., possessions, in Hom. of heirlooms, δόμοις ἐν κτήματα κεῖται Il. 9.382, Od. 4.127; also, of all kinds of property, freq. in Od., κ. δαρδάπτουσιν 14.92, cf. 18.144, al.; διέλαχον . . κτημάτων παμπησίαν A. Th. 817, etc.; Ἔοως ὃς ἐν κτήμασι πίπτεις who fallest upon wealth, i.e. on the wealthy, S. Ant. 782 codd. (lyr.): sts., χρήματα καὶ κ. property in money and chattels, Pl. Lg. 728e, cf. Isoc. 1.28; = κτήνη, Pl. Grg. 484c, Phd. 62b; opp. ἀγροί, personal (opp. real) property, Is. 5.43; less freq. of landed property, κ. ἔχων ἐν Βοιωτίᾳ D. 18.41 (sg. as v.l.), Hdn. 2.6.3: later freq. in sg., estate, farm, field, etc., Act.Ap. 5.1, BGU 530.21 (i A.D.), etc.; ἀμπελικὸν κ. vineyard, PRyl. 157.4 (ii A.D.). 3. in pl., materials, κ. πιλητά Gal. UP 6.4, 7.22.
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